2 thoughts on “Cokin H250 P-Series Gradual ND Kit Size M”

1. 64 of 67 people found the following review helpful

   
   Essential for Dawn and Dusk Photography, August 4, 2010

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   G. Foster Kerrison (Pasadena, CA) –
   
     

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   I bought this to apply the landscape photography technique of “holding back” strongly lit portions of landscapes, such as a bright sky, mountain range, or ocean. The kit includes three plastic graduated filters, each of different “strength.” Each filter has it’s own plastic case, so all three together can be pretty bulky, about as wide as a wide-angle lens in your camera pack.
   The kit ships with a holder for the filters, but you need to buy a separate adapter that screws into the front of your lens so that you can attach the holder. At first I simply held the filter in front of the camera lens to hold back the appropriate portion of the shot. However, I would recommend buying the adapter, as you can be more sure that the filter is in the right place when the shutter fires.
   Overall this has been helpful to correctly expose landscape shots, particularly at dawn and dusk. I know lots of folks are taking multiple shots at different exposures, and then layering them in post-processing to get around the need for ND filters in the field, but I still feel that the colors are more vibrant if you actually get the exposure right in the first place.

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2. 48 of 52 people found the following review helpful

   
   Great for ND use, March 24, 2007

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   Kendall H. Gelner (Denver, CO) –

   This review is from: Cokin H250 P-Series Gradual ND Kit Size M (Electronics)

   I really like these ND filters. Unlike a screw-on filter these can be adjusted up or down depending on where the brightest part of your scene is going to be. If you have the multi-holder, you can also stack them to increase the effect.

   Using ND filters takes less time and effort than stacking exposures in Photoshop… the only downside is that ND filters like these have a stright transition, so if you have a very jagged skyline then hit can artifically darken some peaks in an image.

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